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Jess Lloyd-Mostyn

Traditionally you should have one swallow tattoo for every 5,000 sea miles under your belt, an anchor tattoo signifying that you’ve crossed the Atlantic and a compass rose to show that you will always find your way home. Gone are the times when the only people with tattoos were sailors and convicts and it’s far more commonplace to mark the crossing of the equator by offering a tot of rum to King Neptune rather than getting a shellback turtle

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